The Robinette Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.90833, -115.08333
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Robinette Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robinette Prospect
Secondary: Pyramid Mine
Secondary: June Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Elk Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1957-1958
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Est 0.5 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 0.2 PERCENT MOO3 WHILE SCHEELITE AVERAGES 0.2 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER; 1957 ; MINERALS OF ELKO CO.; NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 54
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
